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Welcome to Quirky Crafts Challenges

Welcome toQuirky Crafts Challengesthe place where any craft project is allowed.

We're a small design team with big inspiration.

On the first Sunday of the month, at 6pm UK time, we will set a new challenge which will close on the 28th of that month at midday. The DT will pick their top three favourites and you could win a prize and join us as a Guest Designer. Winners are posted on the first Sunday in the month (midday usually) before the new challenge - don't forget to come and check if you are a winner.

For my second project, I choose "Shirt and tie" trying to make some Father´s Day cards in advance; and "Shirt and Tie Shaped Card" cutting file provided by our sponsor, was just perfect for that. Of course my "Gentlemen Owls" pattern paper couldn´t be any better.

Shirts again - I love making these shirt cards! This time one is very bright, both are for Dad's birthdays. I added faux stitching and got a little creative with the pocket handkerchief on the striped one.

I also tried a shoe, but I don't think I did it well - it could be better, note to self: next time read the guide first!

I'm sneaking in another shirt, one I had nearly made then misplaced!

To enter the challenge link your project to the challenge post before this one click HERE or scroll down.

Sunday, 24 May 2015

Welcome back to Quirky Crafts, it's challenge time again! I have chosen a fun challenge, well I think it is fun.I want to see shoes, shirts or ties, shaped cards, altered art, projects with shoes or shirts or ties on them please.Here is a song called "No Shoes, no shirt, no problem" ha ha.

Our generous sponsor is the wonderful Cutting Cafe, who have provided the team with two files sets for this challenge. The sets contain a variety of formats of cutting files for different machines as well as PDF versions to hand cut, and printable sentiments.

For this week project, I chose "shoes"and I made two of the differents options that the cutting file "High Heel Shoes Shaped Cards" provide. For the card base I used embossed cardstock, then I sanded it to get a better look of the embossed design. Then I added some details in vintage pattern paper. I also added a tul and some vintage shoe buttons that was just perfect for a final touch.

Welcome to our new Challenge. It is my pleasure to work with The Cutting Cafe files. For this week I chose the High Heel Shoes Shaped Cards, and for my first one I used the Top and More Heel and Bows part of the file and High Heel Shoe Shaped Card Sentiments file too . I used red and black paper dots, some gems and embellishments.

For my second one, I used just the top part of the file and some embellishments. This is a little vintage shoe style.

I've been making shirts, and such quick and easy shirts to make - even cutting by hand! I found some shirt like card with a plain back and used it for two tone shirts, and some hand made cotton flocked papers that were just right for the ties. One card is a Father's day card using the sentiment in the set, then other is a birthday card using sentiments from Birthday Fun. Do you like the monogrammed pocket? These shirts are addictive, you get everything you need for complete cards including an envelope to cut out.

To see who won the last challenge see the previous post below this one. Any crafty project is acceptable as usual. Important: BEFORE you link up please add a link to the Quirky Crafts Challenges blog (http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com - the blog not this post) to your post - or you will not be able to enter. When you have done this you can go ahead and add a link to your blog post or your online photo gallery, SCS etc. using the button or link below.
If you do not have a blog (or inlinkz will not accept your non blog link) you can email your entry to us via the sidebar link. Good luck!

In first place, winning 4 images from Sweet Pea Stamps we have Engelchen with ther adorable stitched card

In second place, winning 7 images from Bugaboo we have Olesia with her elegant mini album.

In third place, winning 1 image from Robyn´s Fetish we have Annie with her lovely colorful card

Congratulations to all of you, please contact Cazzy (using the email link or the contact form if the link doesn't work) so that she can send your personalised winner's badges and get your prizes on the way to you.

We would love you all to be guest designers in our next challenge, if you would like to, please tell us if you can - or a later challenge!

Thank you to everyone who entered, and don't forget to check back later today to find out about our new challenge!

This is such a beautiful digi from Sweet Pea, it is by Molly Harrison and called Orchid of the Night. It is one that I really didn't want to mess up on, and yet I had a near disaster but it was averted - phew. I coloured the image with Promarkers and added silver with a Prismacolor pencil. The veins on the wings are doodled in by me in Amethyst which I went over with silver pencil.The sentiment was a freebie from Sweet Pea, part of a set of four circular sentiments.

This is Strength Fairy from Bugaboo, and the sentiment says it all for me at the moment. I had a little trouble with ink bleed here, so apologies for her tummy. Again I used Promarkers to colour her.

This week I made a card with the beautiful digi Pretty Fairy. This pretty girl reminds me of the charm that Marilyn Monroe had, with her beauty, charm and friendliness, she was to many like an angel. An
angel in the cinema .

In this picture, the famous scene from the movie "The Seven Year Itch".

I used Acuarelables pencils, Distress Inks an Pastel Chalks.

To enter the challenge link your project to the challenge post before this one click HERE or scroll down.

Deborah used Katerina Koukiotiss Rememberance from Sweet Pea to make this very sweet card. This is Deborah's last challenge under her 2 month term, she will be here for the reminder of course and vote for her favourites, but we would like to thank her for all of her lovely creations and wish her well for the future. Of course she can come back and do another 2 months any time she likes!

First of all can I wish all of you who are celebrating today - Happy Mother's Day! We had the UK one in March of course.
For my first card I chose this really pretty Sweet Pea angel called Angelic by Rachel Anderson, I thought I would use pale colours (markers and cardstock) to keep it delicate and sympathy sprang to mind, and I used a freebie Sweet Pea sentiment to go with it. She has large ears, hope nobody is offended by that if they get the card! I could have used her for a birthday too. She could even be done in dark colours and become a goth (I might have to try that now)!

For my second example I chose Bugaboo's Christmas Words - Angel, and turned it into a girly birthday card! Lots of people think their little ones are "angels".

With similar colours to my first card but darker, and with added Stickles and star beads, and die cut words. The ribbon on both cards is from Crafty Ribbons.

To see who won the last challenge see the previous post below this one.
Any crafty project is acceptable as usual. Important: BEFORE you link up please add a link to the Quirky Crafts Challenges blog (http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com - the blog not this post) to your post - or you will not be able to enter. When you have done this you can go ahead and add a link to your blog post or your online photo gallery, SCS etc. using the button or link below.
If you do not have a blog (or inlinkz will not accept your non blog link) you can email your entry to us via the sidebar link. Good luck!

Please contact Cazzy, via the email link in the side bar, with your choices. She will arrange for you to recieve your prizes, and send your personalised winner's badges.We would love you all to be Guest Designers in two weeks time, or later if you can't do that. Please tell us if you can do it - you will get a digi or digis to use too. Thank you to everyone who entered, and don't forget to check back later today to find out about our new challenge!

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Anyone can play - any type of craft project is allowed!

QUIRKY CHALLENGE RULES AND INFORMATION - PLEASE READ

Yes there are some Quirky Challenge rules, we have to have them to make it fair.

1. Your entry must be anew creation,no backdated entries (older than the first day of the current month) allowed.

2. Your entrymust not be one you entered in the previous Quirky Challenge (it must be "new" to this blog).

3. You must include all of the listed requirementsfor each challenge, (e.g. if it says include embossing we must be able to see some).

4. You must post alink to the Quirky Crafts Blogand mention you have entered the challenge.

5. You may enter as many other challenges as you like as long as your makefits our theme.

6. You mustlink to your blog postand not just your blog, (or you can link to your photo album or forum gallery but it must be a link to the picture of your project).

7. Any type of craft project is allowed.

8.Winners and runners up should contact usby email or contact form to receive their prizes or be Guest Designers, the winner's post will provide details.

9. Limit of3 entries per person, if more are entered they will be removed. Winners are chosen by the team each of us picks our top 3 to 6 which are then ranked using a scoring system, we do not random generate winners!

Now go have fun creating your entry.

Emailing us.

If you email Cazzy (link above) and don't receive a reply in a few days please email her again, sometimes emails go into the black hole called cyberspace never to be seen again! We would hate it if you miss out on your prize or GD spot.

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